OT - If you live on North Campus, Watch out for...Cougars?
Today (8:30am) DPS received a report of a sighting on North Campus of a suspicious animal, described as a possible cougar, near Hubbard Road between Green Road and Stone Drive. Police officers and housing security personnel searched the area but did not find a suspicious animal.
Please take extra precautions if you are in this area, especially with young children and bicyclists. If you observe a suspicious animal, immediately contact University Police at 911 or (734) 763-1131.
http://www.police.umich.edu/?posting_id=226
So be careful out there...don't get, uh, eaten.
I'm hoping it's Stifler's mom, but just in case.....
I've spent a fair amount of time in the Aspen area, where there are cougars and bears. Now this is theory - fortunately haven't had to actually try this.....
Should you happen to run into a cougar while walking to the Big House or out chasing Mrs. Stifler, you are supposed to stand up as tall as you can and put your hands up in the air to make yourself look large. Look straight at the cougar. This behaviour is different than what you do with bears, which is to make yourself look smaller and do not look directly into the bear's eyes while slowly walking away.
I don't know what impact the mess in your pants will have.
Depends what kind of bear, black or brown... they behave very differently.
Ya out in the PacNW, cougars and bears are pretty common so you see a lot of information about how to react if you see one.
If you go backcountry hiking, keep your kids and dogs close. They are easy prey for a cougar.
Also, never ever run. Especially from a cougar. Have you ever seen how a cat acts when something runs away from it? Its game on and you are done for.
As far as running goes, your "those who stay...." quote is very appropriate.
But as long as I can run faster than my puppy I'll be OK.
i know someone who lives close to north campus (north on plymouth a bit, in the georgetown subdivision) who swears she saw a coyote in her back yard. so i wouldn't be surprised if there is some large animal in the area that isn't normally seen in this area of michigan. i'm not saying they look at all similar, but maybe someone on north campus got their "c" animals mixed up - a coyote seems a lot more likely than a cougar.
You can stay well away from North Campus and still follow all the cougar exploits, seeing as there are no less than four twitter accounts all claiming to be the beast in question.
...when I was in school there were still sabre-tooth tigers and wooly mammoths wandering around what is now called North Campus.
Oh, these kids today...
Coulda been a crackhead
The real sign:
This still applies at a bar.
The Chicago Tribune reported that a DNA analysis revealed that the couger originated from Montana or some other western state. It is amazing the creature roamed so far. Sad that the couger died, but no tranquilizers were availbable at the time and police believed that human lives were in jeopardy.
Cougers are in the UP and northern lower peninsua as well, but one in Ann Arbor seems far fetched, but not impossible.
Perhaps it was just a dog dressed up as a cougar.
March 22nd, 2012 at 10:15 PM ^
Ummm they're everywhere. Cougars, pumas, mountain lions, etc., all the same thing and found all over the continent.
March 22nd, 2012 at 11:03 PM ^
That cougar probably hopped on the Empire Builder...
Let's have Lloyd Brady take this thing down. He will only be in campus a few more weeks, and I'd love for him to be front page news one more time
When I was at UM the story was about black panthers in Manchester. Long before the new definition of "cougar" entered the modern lexicon.
And so goes the last holdout advantage that the Michigan ecology had over the California ecology. "At least you won't get eaten by a big cat" no more.
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And they come with Bentleys and gold.
This thread is a scream! :):):) ... And, Demi Moore is nasty. I mean old, moldy bananas nasty. Even when she was young she was that young, nasty mushroom spore kind of young.
March 22nd, 2012 at 10:43 PM ^
Its probably a bobcat not a cougar, I saw a bobcat up by the music school last year.
March 22nd, 2012 at 11:05 PM ^
Isn't he dead?
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March 22nd, 2012 at 11:14 PM ^
Anybody seen the North Campus turkey? E's a fast bugger.
March 22nd, 2012 at 11:24 PM ^
I've seen a turkey at the Arb....or in the Arb...or something.
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:57 PM ^
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March 23rd, 2012 at 10:40 AM ^
A second "sighting"
http://annarbor.com/news/u-m-police-possible-cougar-spotted-on-north-ca…
And video of....nothing.
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:28 PM ^
Don't they teach these kids anything anymore? Everyone knows you don't have to search for cougars; they search for you.